Rant There are people who have little talent/skill that get a lot of business and people who have talent and skill who get no business. It’s so annoying. I know people who know how to use their tools and get gigs left and right and there’s me who tries very hard to get work and has no luck.
You are not good people only care about the subject matter not the skills to do the job right and make things look good-great.
There are people who are amazing and get work but I am talking about the people who are near the line.
Running a photography business takes more business skill than it does photography skill. The unfortunate reality is that there are way more people who want to be professional photographers than there is a market for it, and that the photography skills needed to take pictures professionally in a lot of different areas are really not that advanced.
Look at the advice from almost any professional photographer- they all say to focus on business/networking because that is what will help you the most.
This . Being a good photographer is one thing. Earning money from photography is another different thing, this topic is very controversial , because it can also go the other way around, photographers who are great at selling themselves and make a lot of money, which leads them to think that they are better than others(that might suck at marketing but have the talent), when they are not . Again, very controversial topic.